Hébāo shí gè dòng, zhuànqián bùgòu yòng.

荷包十個洞, 賺錢不夠用。

Lit [If your] purse [has] ten holes [in it, however much] money [you] earn, [you will] never have enough.

Fig If one has too many expenditures or if one is not economical, no money will ever be accumulated.

Note [Rhyme; note: hébāo originally referred to a purse; it now refers to a pocket.]

Topics ECONOMY FRUGALITY hébāo MONEY rhyme THRIFT